Blog - Tour Down Under 2013

Today was the Tour Down Under 2013's queen stage with the double climb (one of which being towards the finish) of Willunga Hill. The race route was the same as usual and as announced when he won the third stage, Tom-Jelte Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling Team) showed up in front at the finish of this stage. The young Dutch rider was not able to win today's stage since Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEDGE) turned out to be the strongest man in the uphill sprint, but he did a perfect operation in the general classification where he now has the first place, the day before the last stage which should end in a sprint. Chances are high ...

The 4th stage of the Tour Down Under 2013 allowed André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) to beat a record. The record of the number of stage victories obtained in the history of the Australian race! The German rider today took his 13th stage victory, thus beating the record detained by Robbie McEwen with 12 victories.

The summary of the 4th stage of the Tour Down Under 2013: Modbury > Tanunda

130 riders came to the start in Modbury today, following Timothy Duggan (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)'s abandon after a crash yesterday. Rapidly after the start of the stage, Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) had to abandon the race with respiratory problems.

In the 2nd kilometer the first attack came from Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) and Damien Howson (UniSA-Australia) and since they didn't really threatened the general classification, the peloton let them go. Their ...> Read the whole story | no comments | shown 1701x

The 3rd stage of the Tour Down Under 2013 today was mainly animated by a breakaway with Simon and Will Clarke but at the finish in Stirling Tom-Jelte Slagter turned out to be the strongest man, thanks to his team mate David Tanner who delivered him in a perfect position for the last few hundreds of meters. The young Dutch rider also took a good option on the overall victory since he's now 5 seconds behind the leader of the general classification, Geraint Thomas, and could well show off a bit more of his power on Old Willunga Hill this Saturday!

The summary of the 3rd stage of the Tour Down Under 2013: Unley > Stirling

The second stage of the Tour Down Under 2013 took place between Mount Barker and Rostrevor today. As expected, the climb of Corkscrew Road had a big influence on the result, but a crash in the final part of the race disturbed how it unfolded. Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) gave everything he had to win this stage beating the other riders in the breakaway but also the chasing riders who were coming back quickly on the leading group.

The summary of the 2nd stage of the Tour Down Under 2013: Mount Barker > Rostrevor

The People's Choice Classic, the 51 kilometer long criterium announcing the Tour Down Under 2013 took place in the streets of Adelaide in South-Australia tonight, on a circuit of only 1.7 kilometers.

For the third time since its creation, André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) took the win, this time ahead of Matthew Goss (Orica-GreenEDGE).

The summary of the People's Choice Classic 2013

Almost as usual in this criterium, it all started with a breakaway which brought some spectacle in the race before being taken back by the peloton in preparation of the sprint which would end it all up.

The day's breakaway was literally formed right from the start, as soon as the flag dropped the German Jens Voigt (Radioshack-Leopard-Trek) - the oldest rider in the peloton - and the Australian Zakkary Dempster (UniSA) who went off for a crazy adventure. Their gap went up to values over one minute w ...> Read the whole story | no comments | shown 5082x

In a few days, the Tour Down Under will start in South-Australia, in Prospect to be more precise. 758.5 kilometers further, in Adelaide, we'll know who will be the winner of the first race of the UCI WorldTour 2013.

This will all, as usual, be preceded by the Down Under Classic, now called People's Choice Classic, which is not officially part of the Tour Down Under but which is part of the official UCI criterium calendar which thus allows the riders of the UCI ProTeams to participate.

In this article you'll find all information about the race route of the ...